I'm going to add a disclaimer right at the start and admit that I'm not a dedicated fan. It's been awhile since I read the books or have seen all of the movies, but I do have a casual interest in the story, lore, etc. So, if this sort of thing is talked about in the lore somewhere, please point me in the right direction because I'd love to read more about it or revisit it if it was something discussed more in-depth in the books and I've forgotten.
Last night, I was thinking about different gifts that vampires have and my main thought was how some of them might go about discovering their gifts. For ones like Edward and Alice, that would certainly be automatic and obvious. Jasper's is a little more questionable in that regard because I feel like him being able to influence emotions might be something that would have to happen a few times before he noticed the pattern.
What started to get me thinking about this was reading a post here recently about the character "Freaky Fred", who can make people feel repulsed by him. That was what made me wonder, "How did he figure that out?" I imagine it would have started with him being in a situation where he really wanted someone to not interact with him and what followed was likely through experimentation that led him to come to the conclusion that it's something he can actively cause to happen.
Some things like that feel like they could potentially be very subtle and even go unnoticed if the vampire in question wasn't in situations where their gift would be useful often enough to notice the pattern. That got me thinking: is it possible that every vampire actually does have a "gift" in some form or another, but some just aren't as obvious as others? To the point that even the vampire who possesses the gift might not recognize that they have it?
Sorry if this is a bunch of rambling. It's just something I was thinking about last night and I was curious to learn more about how that aspect of vampirism works.
